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Unfortunately there was nothing to really take pictures of. In Tokyo it was supposed to be a 70% eclipse, but it was so cloudy/foggy/rainy/dark in the first place yesterday morning that the eclipse didn't really make a difference. I was looking out for it and although I knew the exact time it was supposed to happen I didn't notice it get darker at all...
Better luck next millennium, huh (;^_^A |
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aka 日本語能力試験大失敗
Two weeks ago, most people from my class and me went to take the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Level 2.
Requiring the knowledge of most general use grammar as well as 1000 Kanji, just like the ones in the title, and comprising listening, reading, kanji, grammar and vocabulary sections, the JLPT is one of the most widely recognised qualifications for the Japanese Language.
Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure I failed this time. Everyone I have spoken to about it said it was difficult compared to the past tests but, the pass mark stays the same regardless of how many people pass/fail so that doesn't fill me with much hope. Still, I'm thinking of skipping level 2 and going straight for level 1 in the winter. See how badly I can fail that one too, lol
Us on the train on the way home. We may look happy, but it has a more to do with tequila than our feelings about the test...
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Today I looked at the site for the first time ever in Internet Explorer.
I didn't get around to fixing the broken IE layout, but comments should now work from IE, and any other browser. |
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| Healthy Pizza! (apparently) | |
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 Just recieved this e-mail from Pizza Hut Japan
Mapley John 様 こんにちは！
ピザハットのマスコット、チーズくんです♪
だんだん暑くなってきて、いよいよ夏の到来だね。
海に山にレジャーにと、いっぱい遊びたい夏だからこそ
スタミナを補給して、バッチリ元気でいなくちゃね☆
ねぇ、ママ、そんなときにおすすめのメニューはなにかな？
チーズママ「もちろんピザに決まってるでしょ！ チーズも
たっぷり、野菜もいろいろトッピングされているピザハットは、
じつはとっても栄養バランスのいい料理なのよ。夏こそ、もっと
ピザを食べなきゃね」
なるほど、そっかぁ。しかも今ピザハットでは、あの人気ゲーム
最新作「ぼくのなつやすみ４」を、抽選でプレゼント中！
今年もピザハットで、夏を思いっきり楽しんじゃおう♪
Translation:
Hi John Mapley!
It's Pizza Hut's mascot, Cheese Jr. here♪
It's gradually getting warmer, which means Summer's finally come, huh.
If you want a fun summer of playing by the sea or by the mountains, you're going to need to be in good health and good stamina☆
So Mama, what should you eat at a time like this?
Cheese Mama: "Why, pizza of course! Actually Pizza Hut pizza, with its plentiful toppings of cheese and vegetables, is a very nutritious/balanced meal, you know. In Summer you need to eat more pizza."
Ah, I see! Not to mention right now at Pizza Hut you can win that popular new game, "My Summer Vacation 4"! Let's all have a fun Summer with Pizza Hut this year too♪
Isn't there some kind of law against this? |
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| Coca-Cola - now with Green Tea!! | |
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Due to popular demand Coca-Cola Japan recently came out with this:
Coca-Cola No Calorie Plus catechin - Green Tea Flavor...catchy name!
While it smells a little of Green Tea, it tastes of Diet Coke. As for the catechin, I'm not sure what that's supposed to do for me, but I'm not feeling the effects yet.
They were on sale at 7-Eleven for 100円. Which is guess means it's already discontinued?!
I lied about the popular demand |
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Just finished fixing the site and adding a new feature. Hopefully you got a mail about it but, you can now get mail notifications of new posts on the site. To edit your settings make sure you're logged in and click your username at the top of any page (or click here).
I also reverted back to the old j0hn.jp domain name, since the katakana version (ジョン．jp） was causing some people problems.
Fixing the site turned out to be a lot quicker than I thought - made me wish I did it sooner!
Looking forward to getting blogging again... |
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Looking back, I know I haven't exactly kept all the promises made in the last few posts.
But I've made the decision to keep this blog as updates as possible for my last 8 weeks in Japan.
So today I'm fixing all the broken code. |
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Something happened to the source code for the site.
It's mainly my fault for not having a recent backup. I think it's also fair to say that if SmartFTP had uploaded the latest code fully, rather than just the first 479 lines (out of...well, a lot more than 479), it would've been nice. Grandpa John and Robin let me know a few days ago (thank you!) but the source was already long gone from my computer's temporary memory. I guess this is the price for using the "Edit with" function in SmartFTP rather than downloading and keeping regular backups of code.
I'm currently looking into getting a backup from my host. If that's not possible, I may switch to off-the-shelf blog software like Wordpress. The code currently in use is very old and it would take a long time to manually re-code up to what I had before the loss.
If you can't log in or comment right now, that's because of the old code. I don't have as much time for j0hn.jp as I'd like at the moment but I'll get it fixed asap. |
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